by lkaim | Jul 3, 2024 | Dog Training Anecdotes, Dog Training Tools, Electronic Dog Training Collars, How to train a dog, negative punishment, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, Positive reinforcement, prong collars
I have written about quiet hands a lot. Our primary communication with a dog is transmitted through the leash and it’s important to understand the mechanics of leash handling. The way we handle the leash tells our dog that what it’s doing is either right...
by lkaim | Jul 3, 2024 | Dog Training Tools, Electronic Dog Training Collars, How to train a dog, negative punishment, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, Positive reinforcement, prong collars
There isn’t a day that goes by where someone isn’t making a comment somewhere on the internet about dog collars. What should be used, what shouldn’t be used, why one is better than the other, etcetera. You would think that one’s proximity to...
by lkaim | Jul 2, 2023 | Dog Training Tools, Dogs, How to train a dog, Maryland Dog Training, prong collars
People love to slag on prong collars, or any other device they perceive as capable of inflicting physical discomfort. Well, here’s two facts I guarantee are going to pull the shriekers out of the woodwork- 1) Discomfort is a fact of life. Even when we...
